Optical Design Tolerancing
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David Hasenauer, CODE V Product Manager Introduction During the design of any optical system destined to be manufactured, it is critical to define a fabrication and assembly budget. This budget must consider any potential compensation that will be used during the manufacturing process to mitigate the performance degradation introduced by fabrication variations. It is important to specify the best set of tolerances and compensators, as these will significantly impact the manufacturing costs. The complex process of defining system tolerances and compensators is often simply called, tolerancing.
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